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Ctrl+L: Left justify, Ctrl+R: Right justify, Ctrl+E: Center, Ctrl+J: Justify
If you’re using Word, Outlook or PowerPoint, you can change the justification of a paragraph using the following four keystrokes:
- Ctrl+L: Left justify the current paragraph, but keep the right margin ragged
- Ctrl+R: Right justify the current paragraph.
- Ctrl+E: Center the current paragraph (since Ctrl+C is already taken with Copy, they had to use the second letter.)
- Ctrl+J: Left justify the current paragraph, but keep the right margin justified
What does “justification” mean? Nothing to do with justice. I’m not sure why justification is called what it is. But that’s what it’s called; for more, check out wikipedia’s entry on justification.
This is left (Ctrl+L).
This is centered (Ctrl+E).
This is right (Ctrl+R).
This paragraph is fully justified, which means the right margin is in a straight line. The rest of this paragraph is just nonsense text. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
This paragraph is left-justified, which means the right margin is uneven, or “ragged.” The rest of this paragraph is just nonsense text. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
Quite a few other applications alllow the use of these four keystrokes as well. But not Excel.
on December 6th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Hi,
I am afraid these two are maybe not applicable for Outlook 2003. When I press Ctrl+R it add an invisible character which is this one “°” in Word after displaying the hidden characters. And Ctrl+J shortcut opens the Journal Entry window instead of justifying the text. I am sure there must be different shortcut keys for these kind of formatting but I haven’t found them yet. Anyone knows something more?
Thanks!
.qp.
on December 4th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut for center justify in Microsoft Excel 2003? CTL+R does not seem to work.
on December 26th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Does anyone know the shortcut for copy and paste and also the shortcut for activating the task manager on a laptop.
on January 8th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Short cut for copy: Ctrl+C
Short cut to paste: Ctrl+V
Task Manager is accessed via Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then clicking on task manager tab.
NB: + denotes pressing the buttons in combination at the same time, not the symbol ‘+’
on November 4th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
thanks you very much.